Kip
#1,273 most common boys' name of all time · #3,056 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1935–2025
Rank among boys
#1,273
Rank overall
#3,056 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
8,722
Since 2016
994
Peak year
1965 #380
Best rank
#380 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 432/yr
Kip first appears in 1935. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,625 |
| 2024 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,464 |
| 2023 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,381 |
| 2022 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,649 |
| 2020 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,789 |
| 2019 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,662 |
| 2018 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,945 |
| 2017 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 2016 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,964 |
| 2015 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,654 |
| 2014 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 2013 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,277 |
| 2012 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,190 |
| 2011 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,538 |
| 2010 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,546 |
| 2009 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2008 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,174 |
| 2007 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2006 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,471 |
| 2005 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,737 |
| 2004 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,655 |
| 2003 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,141 |
| 2002 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,437 |
| 2000 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,173 |
| 1999 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,682 |
| 1998 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,363 |
| 1997 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,517 |
| 1996 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,091 |
| 1995 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,927 |
| 1994 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,905 |
| 1993 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,104 |
| 1992 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,586 |
| 1991 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,377 |
| 1990 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,425 |
| 1989 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,504 |
| 1988 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,221 |
| 1987 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,330 |
| 1986 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,341 |
| 1985 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,026 |
| 1984 | — | 104 | 104 | #865 |
| 1983 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,103 |
| 1982 | — | 99 | 99 | #902 |
| 1981 | — | 126 | 126 | #778 |
| 1980 | 7 | 118 | 125 | #812 |
| 1979 | — | 102 | 102 | #862 |
| 1978 | — | 117 | 117 | #783 |
| 1977 | — | 98 | 98 | #861 |
| 1976 | — | 120 | 120 | #758 |
| 1975 | — | 117 | 117 | #768 |
| 1974 | — | 144 | 144 | #682 |
| 1973 | — | 150 | 150 | #652 |
| 1972 | — | 149 | 149 | #659 |
| 1971 | — | 168 | 168 | #636 |
| 1970 | — | 185 | 185 | #595 |
| 1969 | — | 210 | 210 | #542 |
| 1968 | 8 | 248 | 256 | #480 |
| 1967 | — | 293 | 293 | #440 |
| 1966 | 5 | 308 | 313 | #435 |
| 1965 | 13 | 419 | 432 | #380 |
| 1964 | 8 | 332 | 340 | #443 |
| 1963 | 9 | 261 | 270 | #497 |
| 1962 | 10 | 228 | 238 | #530 |
| 1961 | 7 | 173 | 180 | #602 |
| 1960 | 8 | 167 | 175 | #607 |
| 1959 | 8 | 153 | 161 | #626 |
| 1958 | 9 | 185 | 194 | #570 |
| 1957 | 13 | 205 | 218 | #542 |
| 1956 | 17 | 196 | 213 | #537 |
| 1955 | 10 | 188 | 198 | #541 |
| 1954 | 6 | 121 | 127 | #662 |
| 1953 | 5 | 105 | 110 | #698 |
| 1952 | — | 99 | 99 | #707 |
| 1951 | — | 96 | 96 | #710 |
| 1950 | — | 93 | 93 | #715 |
| 1949 | — | 68 | 68 | #833 |
| 1948 | 5 | 61 | 66 | #878 |
| 1947 | 6 | 55 | 61 | #967 |
| 1946 | — | 57 | 57 | #877 |
| 1945 | — | 42 | 42 | #994 |
| 1944 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,281 |
| 1943 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,430 |
| 1942 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,945 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,486 |
| 1940 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,892 |
| 1939 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,158 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,522 |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,949 |